Your Personal Hang-ups

Synopsis

I Am Interested In Your Personal Hang-ups: Not Your Lifetime Neuroses But Your (ideal) Hat, Coat And/or Clothes Tree Or Hanger, Wall Hooks, Free Standing Pole, Rack, Stand Or Small Wall System. With This Invitation Gail M Brown, An Independent Curator, Challenged Artists To Create Inventive Forms For An Exhibition At The Center For Art In Wood In Philadelphia. The Resulting Sculptures By 38 Artists Ranged From A Straightforward Coat Rack To A Four-foot Apartment House Riding On A Fish, From A Sceptre-like Paean To Joan Miro To A Four Eyes Nun-backed Chair , And From A Bird House To A Wall-mounted Seat And Desktop. The Artists Used A Wide Range Of Woods, From The Ordinary To The Exotic, As Well As Rubber, Steel, And Gold-plated Brass. The Works Project Grace, Intelligence, Whimsy, Humour, And Serious Craft. Preface / By Albert Lecoff, Co-founder And Executive Director Of The Center For Art In Wood -- Introduction / By Gail M. Brown, Curator -- Artists' Works And Statements -- Checklist/index. The Center For Art In Wood.